According to the Wisconsin Hospital Association, Wisconsin’s Registered Nurse (RN) workforce is growing. In 2018, nearly 80,000 RNs renewed their Wisconsin license — 3,000 more than in 2016. Of these 80,000 RNs, about 60,000 reported that they work in direct patient care and 25,000 RNs plan to leave direct patient care in the next 10

Ruth Clayton was one of a group of 80 or so nurses from Utah cared for wounded soldiers during World War I. While in France during the war, she worked in a hospital tent and helped blind men as well as those with disfigured faces survive. After the war, Clayton pursued a career in public

In the early days, nurses in Oklahoma were trained in hospital programs and not required to undergo registration or licensure. Since 1913, however, all Oklahoma nurses have been required hold registration or licensure and complete a set amount of education before they were allowed to practice. The year after Oklahoma’s first nursing exams were administered,

Nurses far and wide work hard to care for others. Louisiana, where nurses work in doctors’ offices, outpatient services, nursing homes and hospitals, is no exception to this rule. Without nursing help, medical personnel at hospitals and other healthcare facilities in the state might be stretched too thin to provide quality care and treatment. A

There is a high demand for nurses in Colorado, especially at some of the more rural hospitals in the state. Traveler RN programs, which permit registered nurses to complete 13-week rotations at different facilities, help distribute staff to the state’s far-flung medical centers. Some hospitals in the state, including major employer UCHealth, offer such perks

The right professional environment can make a lot of difference in your day to day satisfaction, and aspiring nurses in Arizona have a lot to look forward to. According to a survey by personal finance website WalletHub, Arizona ranks seventh on the list of best places for nurses to live and work. Whether you’re planning

Martha Minerva Franklin was born in New Milford, Connecticut in 1870 and worked as a private-duty nurse in Meriden and New Haven. As one of the first individuals to campaign for racial equality in nursing, she was posthumously inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame and American Nurses Association Hall of Fame. If you

A high number of available jobs and reports of comfortable average salaries make New Mexico one of the best states for working nurses, according to a 2018 study conducted by personal finance site WalletHub. Despite the wealth of opportunity in the Land of Enchantment, however, there are still not enough candidates to meet the growing need for

Maine was home to more than 27,000 nurses in 2015, according to a report released by the Maine Nursing Action Coalition and the Center for Health Affairs. Substantial as it may be, that number is still not enough to meet the growing need for educated nursing professionals in the state — which might be great

A portrait of Civil War nurse Harriet Patience Dame has hung in the New Hampshire State House for over a century, commemorating the gumption and compassion of this beloved nursing icon. Known as “Aunt Harriet” to the soldiers she called “her boys,” Harriet P. Dame unswervingly tended the wounded on both sides of the war,